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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
ACREAGE, PHYSICAL FEATURES AND GENERAL
CHARACTER OF THE AREA.
The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney covers an area of
3,292 389 acres (land and inland water 3,287 192 acres, and tidal
water 5197 acres) and is divided into three Registration Sub.
districts—Hackney North includes the Stamford Hill, Downs and
West Hackney Wards, Hackney South.West includes the Hackney,
Kingsland and South Hackney Wards, whilst Hackney South.East
is made up of the Clapton Park and Homerton Wards.
The Borough varies in elevation between 16 feet and 110 feet
above ordnance datum. The north.west portion lies on yellow clay,
and there is a considerable area on a bed of gravel and sand of
varying depths. Other portions are on brick earth, and in the Lee
Valley there is a bed of alluvial gravel. Underlying the whole of
the Borough is the London blue clay which in a few places appears
near the surface
INHABITED HOUSES.
Number of inhabited houses (Census 1931) 34,155
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1936)
according to Rate Books 37,279
RATEABLE VALUE.
Rateable Value (December, 1936) £1,505,031
Sum represented by a penny rate £6,044